Thornaby Road, Thornaby where a car crashed through a wall into a garden

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A CAR which smashed into a fence close to a school and left youngsters “screaming and crying” was among a number of collisions across Teesside.

The black Ford Fiesta crashed through a pedestrian fence on Mitchell Avenue, in Thornaby.

It stopped within inches of Thornaby Primary School playground - where youngsters were enjoying their lunch break yesterday.

Police, fire and ambulance crews attended at 12.45pm and the male driver, 36, was taken to hospital with non-serious injuries.

Headteacher Elaine Hughes-Narborough said: “Some children were in the playground. It was more the noise from the bang that upset some of them. Then the police, fire and ambulance crews came so it was all a bit of a shock.”

Mrs Hughes-Narborough said the car was very close to the school gates. She said: “At first we thought it might have hit our gates. It was very close and if the pedestrian fence wasn’t there it would have come through into our grounds.

“Luckily no one was hurt and luckily this didn’t happen at 3.30pm or 9am when there are people using the footpath when they leave and arrive at school.”

An onlooker said: “It was like something out of a movie. The car was coming from the direction of the town centre and went straight into the fence.

“The children were screaming and crying. It’s lucky that the pedestrian fence was there as it would have gone into the school grounds otherwise.”

Inquiries are ongoing into the cause of the accident. Witnesses are asked to call police on 101.

Police were also called to a crash in Thornaby at 2am today after a black Vauxhall Corsa went through a garden wall on Thornaby Road.